2007

MONTREAL WORLD FILM FESTIVAL

 

THE RATINGS

So far, the A & O reviewing trio have had time to see the following films. Here are their ratings, always out of 4, reserving 2.5 or more for a noteworthy film, 3.5 for an exceptional film, 4 for a classic.

Among Robert J. Lewis’ best ever films = (Wings of Desire, Babette’s Feast, Pele the Conqueror, Walkabout, Breaker Morant, Midnight Clear, Fitzcarraldo, Talk To Her, Dersu Uzala, Red Sorghum, Round Midnight).

2.4 -- Fragile, Martin Valente
0.9 -- Bamboo Shoots, Dong Sun
2.3 -- Morituri, Okacha Touita
2.4 -- Baptism of Blood, Helvecio Ratton
1.7 -- The Go-Getter, Martin Hynes
2.7 -- Finn’s Girl, Dominique Cordon
2.2 -- 20,13, Joaquim Leitao
3.0 -- Ben X, Nic Balthazar
2.0 -- Go Go Tales, Abel Ferrare
2.5 -- River, Mark Wihak
2.5 -- Bizan, Isshin Inudo
1.8 -- Body, Rubens Rewald
2.8 -- The Postman in Shangri-La, Yu Zhong
2.5 -- The Knot, Yun Shui Yao
2.4 -- King of the World, Guido Hendderickx
2.7 -- That Day (1 Journée), Jacob Berger
2.7 -- The Other Side (l'Autre Marge), Luis Filipe Roche
1.9 -- Fata Morgana, Simon Gross
2.5 -- Used Parts, Aaron Fernandez
2.7 -- Eduart, Angeliki Antoniou
2.4 -- Dol, Hiner Sallem

Among Marcel Dubois’ best ever films = ( Seven Samurai, The Source, The African Queen, Whose Life is it Anyway? The Color Purple, Forrest Gump, The Deer Hunter, For Whom the Bell Tolls, The World According to Garp, Rashomon, La Strada).

2.8 -- September Dawn, Chistopher Cain
2.2 -- Teresa, Ray Loriga
2.4 -- Bluff, Marc-Andre Lavoie
2.5 -- Morituri, Okacha Touita
2.0 -- All the Days Before Tomorrow, Francois Dompierre
2.0 -- Bamboo Shoots, Dong Sum
2.6 -- Russky Treugolnik, Aleko Tsbadze
2.9 -- Finn’s Girl, Dominique Cordon
3.2 -- Ben X, Nic Balthazar
2.4 -- Go Go Tales, Abel Ferrare
2,7 -- The Other Boy, Volker Einrauch
2.7 -- Black Belt, Shunichi Nagasaki
2.8 -- Toi, Francois Delisle
2.6 -- Samira Fi Adaya, Latif Lahlou
1.5 -- Black Water, David Nerlich
2.9 -- Surviving My Mother, Emile Gaudrault
2.3 -- DP 75-Tartina City, Issa Serge Coelo
3.0 -- The Knot, Yin Li
2.8 -- Prete-moi Ta Main, Erik Lartigua

DOCUMENTARY

2.9 -- Egoist - Lotti Latrous, Stephan Anspichler
3.1 -- Dalai Lama, Khashyar Darrich

Among Sylvain Richard's best ever films = (Make Room For Tommorrow, Cafe Flesh, Away From Her, Metropolis, The Wall (Pink Floyd), Pink Floyd@ Pompei, This Island Earth).

1.9 -- La Masseria Delle, Alladole Paolo & Vittorio Taviani
2.7 -- I Served The King Of England, Jim Menzel
2.4 -- La Caja, Juan Carlos Falcon Rivero
2,0 -- Russian Triangle, Aleko Tsabodze
2.6 -- Opium- Diary Of A Mad Woman, Janos Szasz
2.3 -- Eduart, Angeliki Antoniou
2.2 -- Bluff, Marc-Andre Laudie
2,0 -- Cobrador, Paul Leduc
1.7 -- Disparue De Deauville, Sophie Marceau
1.8 -- Viaggio Secreto, Roberto Ando
1.9 -- Vent Mauvais, Stephan Allagnon
2.8 -- September Dawn, Christopher Cain
2.3 -- Teresa, Ray Longa
2.1 -- Wind Man, Khuat Akmetou
2.3 -- Las Cruces, Rafael Rosal
2.8 -- Muksin, Yasmin Ahmad
2.4 -- Other Boy, Volker Einrauch
2.6 -- Black Belt, Shunichi Nagasaki
2.7 -- Art Of Negative Thinking, Bard Breien
1.5 -- Pruning the Grapevine, Min Boung-Hun
1.7 -- El Dia De La Bestia, Alex De La Iglesia
3.0 -- Franz & Polina, Mikhail Segal
1,0 -- Go-Getter, Martin Hynes
1.7 -- Full Metal Village, Cho Sung-Hyung
2.4 -- Gun Of Mercy, Xiao Feng
2,0/2.3 -- Fabrika/ Trust Wohltat (2 CM), Macie Jadamek/ Eicke Bettinga
3.1 -- King of the World, Guido Henderickz
2.9 -- Irina Palm, Sam Gabarski
2.2 -- El Nino De Barro, Jorge Algora
1,1 -- False Alarm, Katerina Evangelakou
2.3 -- Two Women With Red Scarves, Han Zhijun
2.2 -- Last Queen Of The Earth, Mohammed Riza Arab
2.4 -- Gangster High, Park Ki-hyong
2.3 -- Ay! Carmela, Carlos Saura
1.9 -- Morituri, Okacha Touita
2.6 -- A Winter Tale, Francis-Anne Solomon
2.0 -- Before The Summer Ends, Sung Ji-Hae
2.8 -- Foster Child, Brilliante Mendoza
1.7 -- Heros, Bruno Merle
2.9 -- Postman In Shangrila, Yu Zhong
1.8 -- Rene Bousquet & Le Grand Arrangement, Laurent Heyneman
1.9 -- Satanic Angels, Ahmed Boulane
1.9 -- Killing Zelda Sparks, Jeff Glickman
2.3 -- Kabluey, Scott Pendergast
2.2 -- Dol, Hener Saleem
2.6 -- Stiffs, Frank Ciota
1.5 -- Riza, Taylun Pirselimoglu
2.1 -- L'autre Moitie, Rolando Colla
3.6 -- & Who Are You?, Antonio Mercero
1.7 -- Cow-Boy, Benoit Marriage
3.0 -- La Logique Du Remords, Martin Laroche
1,3 -- La Influencia, Pedro Aguilera
2,0 -- Meat Loaf - In Search Of Paradise, Bruce David Klein
2.2 -- Den Nya Manniskan, Klaus Haro
2.7 -- Grey Man, Scott Flynn
2.3 -- Lezioni de Volo, Francisca Archibugi
2.9 -- Denias Senandung Diatas Awan, John De Rantau
2.5 -- Los Borgias, Antonio Hernandez
2.1 -- Klass, Limar Raag
1.5 -- The Swallows Have Arrived, Aslan Galazov
1.6 -- Bersten, Michael Finger
2.2 -- Lola, Miguel Hermoso
1.8 -- Teeth Of Love, Zhuang Yuxin
2.1 -- Warden Of The Dead, Ilian Simeonov
1.9 -- Pusinky( Dolls), Karin Babinska
2.2/2.3 -- History Of America/ Leaving Gussie (2CM) MK12/, Wendy Bednarz
2.5 -- Roman De Gare, Claude Lelouche
1.8 -- Toi, Francois Delisle
2.5 -- Shoot'Em Up, Michael Davis
2.2 -- Prete Moi Ta Main, Eric Latigau
2.4 -- Je Crois Que Je L'Aime, Pierre Jolivet